Vision:             To establish a beneficial vocation in Private Tuition, academic research and in various forms of publication

 

Purpose:         To enable all students – regardless of class, culture, faith or gender  - to attain those skills and educational qualifications of which they are capable, whilst acknowledging their differing abilities, motivational levels and circumstances

 

Aims:               These are to: -

1) Enable students to gain the maximum grade or level of competence of which they are capable

2) Diagnose and deal with any non-medical educational problems

3) Cover all relevant aspects of the course and syllabus

4) Stimulate a thoughtful understanding of a given subject area

5) Encourage a questioning attitude – one willing to challenge conventional wisdom when deemed appropriate

6) Make the experience of learning as informative, enlightening and enjoyable as possible – bearing in mind that some topics may be of little or no interest to the student

7) Help promote a student’s moral and intellectual development, so that he/she may become a useful, law-abiding member of society

8) Uphold the Policy Guidelines and Regulations of the given Institution wherein the teaching takes place

9) Discharge all relevant administrative tasks as efficiently as possible

10) Actively avoid student counselling, social work, meeting ‘special needs,’ becoming involved in family troubles or in disputes with other educational providers (Such concerns are best left to other competent professionals, working in these specialised fields)

 

Means:             In order to achieve the above aims a variety of teaching methods will be employed, these range from the ‘tried and tested’ traditional methods, to the daringly innovative  Such versatility will be constantly geared to the thorough completion of the Course Guidelines and Syllabus Content

 

Personal Policy

Guidelines:      These consist in: -

1) Attempting to draw out the best from each student, regardless of age, gender or background experiencing learning, writing, spelling or other difficulties

2) Adopting a sympathetic attitude toward those students

3) Creating a favourable learning environment where students can work to the best of their ability

4) Valuing the importance of student health and safety

5) Always bearing in mind (not deviating from) the main purpose of the lesson

6) Making learning as enjoyable (or at least as tolerable) as possible through the employment of a diversity of teaching methods

7) Being as punctual and as organised as possible

8) Continually learning new skills to enhance both academic and professional performance

9) Increasing administrative efficiency by using ICT and Websites to: -

•           Support teaching

•           Provide teaching resources

10) Clearly expressing the type of behaviour expected of each student In particular, each student must: -

•             Be punctual and organised

•             Meet all reasonable deadlines – unless prevented by accident, illness or bereavement

•             Contribute to discussion

•             Persevere in the face of varied difficulties

•             Accept and follow Institutional Regulations

•             Not disrupt the lesson or hinder fellow students from learning

11) Actively avoiding any diversion from teaching with such things as: -

•              Individual or family counselling

•              Involvement in disputes between students (or  guardians), with Educational Institutions or with any other third party

•              The writing of student assignments, which is most certainly the student's responsibility

•              Undertaking research, which is the student’s responsibility

•              Any financial negotiation, (involving the ‘cutting out’ of a legitimate tuition agency)

•              Acting as a dating agency or ‘matchmaker’

•              Unnecessary bureaucracy

•              Requests to help ‘mind’ pets or engage in major household or computer repairs

12) Displaying only limited toleration of: -

•              Student disorganisation

•              Laziness

•              Unpunctuality

•              Excuse making

•              Missed deadlines

•              General ‘waffle’ in verbal or written language

13) Having no tolerance of: -

•              Lying

•              Stealing

•              Repeated breaking of Institutional Guidelines

•              Persistent foul language

•              Racist comments

•              The stirring of communal, cultural or religious strife

Final

Comments:      After completion of this document the student should know what is expected from the tutor and what the tutor can expect from the student 

 

(This document was first produced in October 1997 whilst the author was engaged on a Postgraduate University Teacher Training Course It was substantially modified and published in January 2004 with the final modifications occurring in March 2004.)